Daniel W. Drezner says Hugo Chavez, unwitting friend to America helps us quite a bit. He cites poll numbers that his neighbors can't stand his meddling in their local affairs. Drezner wrongly, in my view, conflates anti-Chavez sentiment with anti-American sentiment. I believe, you can hate the man and not love America. Just because they hate Chavez meddling in their domestic affairs does not mean they will reverse course on their feelings about America. I think he's being a little flippant which is fine, but I wish he'd make that more clear. I have a hard time thinking he's stating this plainly as a credible idea.
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project
Feds eye Stevens' home remodeling project . Thank God they're going after this guy. He's been so brazen with his porkbarreling and the whiff of corruption around him has been ripe enough to smell from here. I'd rather have a 100% democrat run Congress if they were ethical. Term limits. One term for Senate, two for the House, one for the President. Some fear that would increase the power of lobbyists. Simple, ban any former members from being lobbyists and limit lobbyists to terms as well. (I'm not sure how that would work. Just a thought.) The other answer is transparency. No earmarks without a floor vote. No spending of any kind without a floor vote. All spending committees (intelligence aside) open to the public and recorded and available on the web.
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